One-Take Tutorial -- How I play "Thank You" by Dido on Ukulele

November 29, 2024

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"Thank You" by Dido and Paul Herman
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TIMESTAMPS and RELATED LINKS
00:00 Introduction to me and
00:25 What are "One Take Tutorials?"
1:00 What am I teaching today?
1:45 Come join my public online playalongs!
2:30 Will we be interrupted today?
3:33 Invitation to Patreon and thank you, Patrons!
4:15 What is the structure of this song?
6:44 What are the chords in this song?
8:14 How do the chords move through this song?
8:50 Verse chord progression
11:50 Single strum through the verse
13:36 Chorus chord progression
15:55 Single strum through the chorus
17:11 Beginner strum variations -- D-D or
19:13 rock strum D-D-D-D or D-D-D-du
20:38 Halftime reggae strum D-duXudu and chucking
24:55 What to do with bolded chords (D-Du or D-D)
25:27 Halftime reggae strumming through the second verse and chorus
27:35 "Shortening" this strum to D-du-X (wait)
30:45 Instrumental interlude
32:19 Intro
32:43 Ending
35:12 Playthrough with simpler strumming, chords on the screen
40:12 Playthrough with trickier strumming, chords NOT on the screen
44:16 Final thoughts - ending chord and another way to play the bold chords
45:11 Wrap up and thanks!

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